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Comment by simion314

6 years ago

Maybe regular maintenance does not always include reboot the computer, or remove the batteries and power on/off etc. If is a safety issue is safer to make it clear and not let if optional.

If regular maintenance does not including rebooting the computer, this is news-worthy.

If the maintenance schedule does document system reboots, this is boring and business as expected... no different than periodically reinflating tires or replacing oil. I'd have no concerns flying on such a plane.

  • I understand, but as developers it is interesting that even in such critical software there are such bugs (in case it was not designed with the reboots in mind from the start)

    • Yes, this says a lot about Boeing's engineering culture... excessive bean counting... but nothing new given the MAX fiasco.

Regular maintenance includes replacing parts which have lifetimes measured in hours, having to reboot a computer on a schedule is just boring.